Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 18, 1948
Distance from district center	21.5 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation from the sea	250 (meters)
Map location	See location number #23 on the map
Israeli military operation	Second phase of Operation Dani
Israeli attacking brigade	The Fourth Battalion of the Har'el Brigade
Village defenders	Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoods, some Arab Liberation Army volunteers, and some local Palestinian militia.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Artuf was mostly destroyed and defaced with the exception of two village houses and the village cemetery.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	'Artuf inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 401 Jewish 0 Public 2 Total 403
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 61 Area planted w/ olives 20 Planted W/ Cereal 279 Built up 18 Cultivable 340 Non-Cultivable 45
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 110 1922 305 1931 253 1945 350 1948 406 Est. Refugees 1998 2,493
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 58 1948 93
Schools	One elementary school
Religious institutions	'Artuf had a mosque known by al-'Umari Mosque.
Shrines/maqams	And it also had a maqam for a local sage known as al-Shaykh 'Ali al-Ghimadi.
Archeological sites	The village contains Khirbat Marmita and Khirbat al-Burj.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Hartuv, Nacham, and possibly Beit Shemesh too.
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More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"One stone house, located outside the Jewish settlement of Nacham, has been expanded, and is now inhabited by a Jewish family. In the middle of the Jewish settlement is a small stone house that is used as a warehouse; it stands by the site of the former mosque. On the western slopes of the site is a circular structure with no roof that was formerly used as a lime kiln (kabbara). The village cemetery, to the west, has been levelled; only one or two graves remain on its eastern edge. Part of the British police headquarters is still standing."

• Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview with Khalid Shihadih
• Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview with Mohammad and Mahmoud Rahal